Sunil Puri

Sunil Puri is CEO and Founder of First Midwest Group, a national real estate firm active in residential, commercial, and industrial development. Founded in 1984, FMG has expanded into the hotel, restaurant, self-storage, and gaming industries. Sunil has been active in venture capital and other private equity investment domestically and in Africa, South America, and Asia for over two decades. An immigrant from India who came to the U.S. in 1979, Sunil is a long-standing advocate for social equity and immigration issues, and previously served as a commissioner for President Obama on the White House Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The Puri Family is also highly active in philanthropy, notably with the creation of the Puri School of Business at Rockford University in 2014.